Bolden v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Probation and Parole

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

James Edward Bolden (Petitioner) petitions us to review the denial of administrative relief by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) and to set aside the Board’s order revoking his parole and recommitting him to state prison as a technical parole violator to serve 12 months backtime. We affirm.

In 1996, Petitioner was convicted of aggravated assault and received a sentence of four to eight years. Petitioner was paroled on July 22, 1999. As a general condition of his parole (condition # 5A), he was required to abstain from the use of controlled…